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Hydro Tasmania confirms the Basslink interconnector, which links Tasmania to the national electricity grid, has experienced an outage but expects it to return to service on Monday.

A towering cruise ship strikes a dock and a tourist river boat on the busy Giudecca Canal in Venice, forcing dozens of onlookers to flee in panic.

Chinese Defence Minister Wei Fenghe says China's bloody crackdown on protesters around Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989 was the "correct policy" decision, citing the country's "stability" over the past 30 years.

In this update, The Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese, has revealed his new shadow cabinet.
A Sydney woman is among a group of eight climbers missing in the Indian Himalayas.
Prime minister Scott Morrison is heading to the Solomon Islands today, in his first overseas trip since his election victory.
Investigations are continuing into a suspicious fatal house fire in Sydney’s south-west last night.

The North Queensland Cowboys hang on to secure a two-point victory over the Titans, who were unable to convert a number of chances at the death to win the game.

Unheralded Mexican-American boxer Andy Ruiz Junior stuns British heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua with a seventh-round knockout.

Women from the Wallaga Lake Koori Village on the NSW far south coast gain fitness and confidence in a weekly boxing class.

West Coast has beaten the Bulldogs in Perth thanks to an incredible nine-goal third-term salvo. Earlier, Port Adelaide hammered St Kilda in Shanghai and Essendon outlasted Carlton at a soggy MCG.

An Adelaide mountaineer who has scaled some of the world's tallest summits says climbing permits should be more tightly restricted after a series of deadly incidents this week.

David Warner plays a very different role in Australia's win over Afghanistan … and it feels a little strange, writes Geoff Lemon from Bristol.

Judith Nelson is used to being asked questions about her family history, but learning she had convict links on the other side came as something of a surprise.

Newly sworn-in leader of the Opposition Anthony Albanese reveals his shadow ministry line-up, including a spot for Bill Shorten, in the wake of last month's federal election.

A national round-up of today's weather outlook.

Since local health services in north-west Queensland took over the management of renal services from a distant regional hospital, more patients can get treatment closer to home.

In this update: Liverpool defeat Spurs in the Champions League final, the Matildas go down to the Netherlands in their final friendly before the World Cup and Australia's cricketers start their title defence with a win.